The 86th session of the Texas Legislature is history. Lawmakers left town on Monday following a session that, generally speaking, had fewer of the culture war fights we’ve come to expect. You can attribute that to elections, and it seems the results of last November have elected officials worried about their fates at the ballot […]
Reproductive Rights
TFN STATEMENT ON THE END OF THE 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
We just sent out the following statement on the end of the 2019 session of the Texas Legislature. […]
Note to Texas HHS: Wearing Pink for Women’s Health Isn’t Nearly Enough
The anti-abortion ideologues who run the Texas Health and Human Services Commission want Texans to wear pink for women’s health on Tuesday. But that kind of chutzpah should have a lot of Texas women seeing red. […]
Senate-Passed Bill Would Force Texas Women to Carry Nonviable Pregnancy to Term
Just how extreme has the Texas Senate become under Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick? The chamber just passed a bill forcing women to carry to term a fetus suffering such a severe anomaly that it cannot survive. And the bill’s author claimed he was just closing a ‘loophole’ in the law. Another cruel lie. Another anti-abortion law. We […]
Setting the Record Straight on Chairman Leach’s Anti-abortion Extremism
State Rep. Jeff Leach has brought up one inflammatory anti-abortion bill after another as chair of the Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee this session. This past week’s hearing drew testimony from hundreds anti-abortion extremists, many celebrating the possibility of executing a woman who ends her pregnancy early for any reason. Enough is enough. Today we joined with partner organizations […]
